Please consider joining us on Wednesday at lunchtime (April 30th) for two presentations that will be given at the SAWE International Conference in May 2014. Lyle Gillman will present: The FAA is proposing a major change to AC 120-27E, “Aircraft Weight and Balance Control,” eliminating standard average weights for passengers, baggage and crew, and requiring […]
Please come to the SAWE Conference Debrief. Both SAWE and non-SAWE members are welcome. Pat Mitchell will share the conference happenings and occurrences. This will include: 1) Technical Papers List of Papers How to get copies 2) SAWE Standards and Practices List of Standards and Practices Progress 3) Speakers Opening Session Standards and Practices Luncheon […]
SAWE went to the FIRST (FRC) is an organization that challenges high school students in science and competition. The students have a robotics game “challenge” and then compete against other student teams. The mission for First FRC is: “Our mission is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders, by engaging them in […]
On September 6th 2012, the Seattle Chapter SAWE visited the Museum of Flight in Seattle Washington. Henry Geijsebeek from Weight Engineering was the docent for the tour. Henry has led tours at the Museum of Flight before and he educated and entertained the SAWE group.
A small but energetic group of SAWE members and guests toured the Brightwater Waste treatment plant in Woodinville, Wa. This the a brand new plant and is one of 3 facilities that treats all of the waters in the Greater Seattle area. We had a custom tour from Casey Plank of the Brightwater engineering team. […]
On May 17th 2012, the Seattle Chapter SAWE visited the Paine Field Control Tower in Everett Washington. Ten of us got a close-up and personal view of what goes on to get airplane into the air. Paine Field was originally constructed in 1936 and it was envisioned that the Airport would create jobs and economic […]
On June 7, 2012, Twelve members and guests toured the Federal Express Facility and Operations at SeaTac airport on April 9th. We met and talked with the Facility Manager about the science of moving packages throughout the USA and internationally. Then we went down to watch for last hour of activity before the plane(s) left […]
We have begun our “2012 SAWE Tour”. Our first stop was at the Flying Heritage Collection (FHC). See their website on March 27th, 2012. Located at Paine Field, Everett, the FHC is a remarkable collection of airplanes. The collection belongs to Microsoft’s Paul Allen and consists of flying examples of some of the most famous and […]
On Friday, June 11th 2011, the Seattle Chapter took a tour of the Montlake Bridge (map) near the University of Washington campus. A bridge may not seem like it is very dependent upon mass properties or weight engineering, but the Montlake Bridge is a double-leaf bascule bridge. A bascule (a French term for seesaw) bridge […]
